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Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers

Polypyrrole

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A Battery Composed Of A Polypyrrole Cathode And A Magnesium Alloy Anode-Toward A Bioelectric Battery, Yong Kong, Caiyun Wang, Yang Yang, Chee O. Too, Gordon G. Wallace Jan 2012

A Battery Composed Of A Polypyrrole Cathode And A Magnesium Alloy Anode-Toward A Bioelectric Battery, Yong Kong, Caiyun Wang, Yang Yang, Chee O. Too, Gordon G. Wallace

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A bioelectric battery can be implanted into the human body and relies on oxygen in the internal body fluid to produce electrical energy. In this work, a battery that uses polypyrrole doped with a biological polyelectrolyte (dextran sulfate, an anti-coagulant) as the cathode and bioresorbable Mg alloy (AZ61) as the anode was developed. This battery exhibited a discharge capacity of 565 mA h g-1 in phosphate buffered saline (PBS, pH = 7.4), a commonly used electrolyte in biological research; offering a specific energy density of similar to 790W h kg-1. The electrochemical properties of the cathode, anode …


The Role Of Unbound Oligomers In The Nucleation And Growth Of Electrodeposited Polypyrrole And Method For Preparing High Strength, High Conductivity Films, Wen Zheng, Joselito M. Razal, Geoffrey M. Spinks, Van-Tan Truong, Philip G. Whitten, Gordon G. Wallace Jan 2012

The Role Of Unbound Oligomers In The Nucleation And Growth Of Electrodeposited Polypyrrole And Method For Preparing High Strength, High Conductivity Films, Wen Zheng, Joselito M. Razal, Geoffrey M. Spinks, Van-Tan Truong, Philip G. Whitten, Gordon G. Wallace

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Polypyrrole is a material with immensely useful properties suitable for a wide range of electrochemical applications, but its development has been hindered by cumbersome manufacturing processes. Here we show that a simple modification to the standard electrochemical polymerization method produces polypyrrole films of equivalently high conductivity and superior mechanical properties in one-tenth of the polymerization time. Preparing the film as a series of electrodeposited layers with thorough solvent washing between layering was found to produce excellent quality films even when layer deposition was accelerated by high current. The washing step between the sequentially polymerized layers altered the deposition mechanism, eliminating …


Synthesis And Electrochemical Characterization Of Lifepo4/C-Polypyrrole Composite Prepared By A Simple Chemical Vapor Deposition Method, Qiang Gong, Yu-Shi He, Yang Yang, Xiao Zhen Liao, Zi-Feng Ma Jan 2012

Synthesis And Electrochemical Characterization Of Lifepo4/C-Polypyrrole Composite Prepared By A Simple Chemical Vapor Deposition Method, Qiang Gong, Yu-Shi He, Yang Yang, Xiao Zhen Liao, Zi-Feng Ma

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A LiFePO4/C-polypyrrole (LiFePO4/C-PPy) composite as a high-performance cathode material is successfully prepared through a simple chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method. According to the transmission electron microscope (TEM) analysis, the surface of the LiFePO4/C is surrounded with PPy in the LiFePO4/C-PPy composite. The as-prepared LiFePO4/C-PPy material shows outstanding rate capability at 20°C and good cycle performance at 55°C in comparison with those of the bare LiFePO4/C material against Li anode. After 700 cycles, the discharge capacity of LiFePO4/C-PPy could still remain 110 mA h g−1 with …


All-Polymer Battery System Based On Polypyrrole (Ppy)/Para (Toluene Sulfonic Acid) (Pts) And Polypyrrole (Ppy)/Indigo Carmine (Ic) Free Standing Films, Irin Sultana, Md. Mokhlesur Rahman, Jiazhao Wang, Caiyun Wang, Gordon G. Wallace, Hua-Kun Liu Jan 2012

All-Polymer Battery System Based On Polypyrrole (Ppy)/Para (Toluene Sulfonic Acid) (Pts) And Polypyrrole (Ppy)/Indigo Carmine (Ic) Free Standing Films, Irin Sultana, Md. Mokhlesur Rahman, Jiazhao Wang, Caiyun Wang, Gordon G. Wallace, Hua-Kun Liu

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In this study, we introduce a novel all-polymer battery system based on conducting polymer (polypyrrole, PPy) doped with dopants of para (toluene sulfonic acid) (pTS) and indigo carmine (IC), respectively. The performance of the systems consisting of polypyrrole-para (toluene sulfonic acid) (PPy-pTS) as cathode and polypyrrole-indigo carmine (PPy-IC) as anode in conjunction with either a polymer based electrolyte or a commercial organic electrolyte of 1M LiPF6 in a 50:50 (v/v) mixture of ethylene carbonate (EC) and dimethyl carbonate (DMC) was evaluated. In the system, all the free-standing PPy-pTS and PPy-IC films were directly …


Polypyrrole Coated Nylon Lycra Fabric As Stretchable Electrode For Supercapacitor Applications, Binbin Yue, Caiyun Wang, Xin Ding, Gordon G. Wallace Jan 2012

Polypyrrole Coated Nylon Lycra Fabric As Stretchable Electrode For Supercapacitor Applications, Binbin Yue, Caiyun Wang, Xin Ding, Gordon G. Wallace

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Wearable electronics offer the combined advantages of both electronics and fabrics. Being an indispensable part of these electronics, lightweight, stretchable and wearable power sources are strongly demanded. Here we describe a daily-used nylon lycra fabric coated with polypyrrole as electrode for stretchable supercapacitors. Polypyrrole was synthesized on the fabric via a simple chemical polymerization process with ammonium persulfate (APS) as an oxidant and naphthalene-2,6-disulfonic acid disodium salt (Na2NDS) as a dopant. This material was characterized with FESEM, FTIR, tensile stress, and studied as a supercapacitor electrode in 1.0 M NaCl. This conductive textile could endure 1000 stretching cycles …